Although the Ye family is one of the three major families in Dahuang City, the entire Dahuang City is just a remote corner of this world and its strength is weak.
The Spirit Gathering Technique inherited from the family was naturally very ordinary. Ye Li spent three years working hard and trying his best but could only reach the eighth level.
It is said that the Soul Gathering Technique inherited by some large families can reach the ninth stage of the Soul Gathering Period and be cultivated to perfection in just one year.
Ye Li, who had some doubts in his heart, immediately stood up from the bed and began to practice from memory.
However, Ye Li's body began to ache after only half of the movements. These movements did not look difficult, but each change in movement made Ye Li's muscles and bones stretch and contract to the limit.
It was infinitely more difficult than the Spirit Gathering Technique he had practiced in the past, and the severe pain caused by the stimulation to his muscles and bones almost made him want to stop.
Fortunately, he was strong-willed and did not stop. Instead, he gritted his teeth and performed the movements completely.
As he practiced, the spiritual energy between the surrounding heaven and earth began to gradually gather towards him.
When he felt the unusual movement of spiritual energy, he finally confirmed that these movements were the Spirit Gathering Technique, but he didn't know what level it was.
Unwilling to stop, Ye Li started the second time after finishing the first time.
As his torso and limbs danced, the surrounding spiritual energy suddenly began to accelerate, swirling and gathering towards him with great force.
The strong fluctuations of spiritual energy actually formed a vortex around him, and the speed at which the spiritual energy gathered far exceeded his imagination.
Most of the spiritual power he had consumed before was completely replenished in just a moment, and powerful spiritual power was still continuously pouring into his body.
After reaching the ninth stage of the Spirit Gathering Period, the space between his body and the spiritual energy was almost saturated, and no more spiritual energy could be absorbed into his body.
He himself could also feel that there were always some subtle parts in his body that could not be completely integrated with the spiritual energy. This was the critical point of the spiritual gathering period.
However, as he continued to practice this set of Spirit Gathering Techniques over and over again, he actually felt that the places where the spiritual energy could not be integrated seemed to have loosened a little, and his body seemed to be showing signs of continuing to move forward and breaking through the critical point.
With the nourishment of spiritual energy, Ye Li felt that the pain in his body was relieved a lot. He had no intention of stopping. He immersed his whole body and mind in this powerful spirit gathering technique and practiced it repeatedly for nearly ten times.
When Ye Li finally stopped, he discovered that his spiritual power had been completely replenished without his knowledge, and the critical point of his body seemed to have become looser.
"This... What level is this set of Soul Gathering Technique? I'm already at the ninth level. Can I continue to break through? I've never heard of a Soul Gathering Stage 10th level in this world.
Moreover, it can actually replenish the power of spiritual consciousness. Does it mean that I don’t need to visualize the talisman in the future to cultivate the power of spiritual consciousness, and I can just rely on this set of formulas?"
Ye Li muttered to himself, guessing in his mind.
With a lot of doubts in his mind, Ye Li practiced the mysterious Spirit Gathering Technique for a whole night. When the east was bright, he did not feel physically or mentally tired at all. Instead, he felt as if he had been reborn.
He felt that his body seemed to have become lighter and stronger, his perception became sharper, and he had a vague sense of familiarity with the spiritual energy that filled the surrounding heaven and earth.
Because this set of spirit gathering techniques came from the purple natal talisman, he named this set of spirit gathering techniques that he had comprehended "Purple Talisman Technique".
Just as he was about to finish practicing the Purple Talisman Technique and study the abnormality that occurred when he was drawing the talisman yesterday, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the courtyard.
Ye Li was stunned and could only stop what he was doing and walk out of the room.
When I opened the gate, I saw that the person who came was actually the village chief.
"Uncle Liu, why are you here?"
Ye Li asked.
Village Chief Liu looked a little anxious, and said, "Master Li, there is something unusual about the Xingyan Iron Mine in the village. You... why don't you come and take a look."
Hearing what Village Chief Liu said, Ye Li was stunned. The Xingyan Iron Mine was a vein of minerals in the land that his father had been allocated.
The people in this village have been responsible for the mining of this vein.
Every year, the ore mined from this vein is handed over to the family as resources, and their family can get 10% of the total value of the mined ore.
Don’t underestimate it because it is only 10%. Star Flame Iron Ore is a very commonly used forging material and can be used to make talisman weapons or talisman treasures. The demand for it is extremely high, so the amount of ore mined by the Ye family is huge. 10% of the total value is already a very lucrative income. This is also the reason why Ye Tianyi’s family is thinking about this piece of land.
"What happened to Mr. Liu? Did the mine tunnel collapse?"
Seeing the anxious look on Village Chief Liu's face, Ye Li did not dare to delay. He followed him to the mine and started asking.
"Master Li, the situation in the mine tunnel has been a little strange for a few days. The deeper we dig into the vein, the higher the temperature of the mine tunnel.
This morning, after the miners chiseled a rock wall at the bottom of the mine tunnel, a large amount of heat gushed out from it, scalding everyone around them.
Judging from the depth of the mine tunnel, it is impossible for us to dig into the magma area, so no one knows where these heat flows come from.
Now the wall that has been drilled through is still releasing hot currents. We are all ordinary people and cannot go in to check it out."
When Village Chief Liu heard Ye Li's question, he quickly explained the situation briefly.
Ye Li was also a little surprised after hearing this. His family had been managing the Xingyan Iron Mine for many years and such a situation had never occurred before.
After his father's health deteriorated in the past few years, he has been in charge of this mine, so he knows the situation there very well.
The two of them quickly arrived at the mine behind the village. At this time, all the miners had already left the mine and were standing outside, talking.
Several miners who were burned are receiving treatment from the village Chinese medicine doctor.
"Why are you all out?"
When Village Chief Liu saw that everyone was outside, he was a little surprised and started to ask.
"Mr. Liu, Master Li, the heat flow inside has spread throughout the entire mine. We can't stay in it at all."
A miner explained.
Village Chief Liu looked at him, then at Ye Li, and said, "Master Li, look at this situation..."
Standing at the entrance of the cave, Ye Li could also feel gusts of hot wind blowing out of the mine. After feeling it carefully, he found that this was not just a simple heat flow, but seemed to carry a lot of fire-type spiritual energy.
After practicing the mysterious Spirit Gathering Technique for a night, his perception became much stronger than before, and he soon noticed something unusual.
"You guys wait outside, I'll go in and check the situation first."
Ye Li gave an order and walked into the mine alone.